Considering the kind of things you can pull off in post image processing these days, clicking a good picture is just the beginning. We have already had tutorials that show you how to click better pictures, and even some basic post processing tips to have some fun with them later. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to blur them.
By blur, I'm not talking about the lack of sharpness caused by jittery hands; that's just ghastly! What I'll show you here are some basic tricks you can pull off on your photos with the help of selective blurring. When applied right, selective blur can add a whole new dimension to your composition. Check out the following 3 simple examples we've used to fix or enhance some commonly taken pictures. All you need is Adobe Photoshop and an open mind.
Background blurring
The one thing that can destroy any good portrait shot is a distracting background. Even when the background isn't particularly messy, its sometimes just the colors or any other element of the background that will take the viewer's attention away from the main subject. That's where blurring can help.
Though this effect can be easily attained while shooting the photo itself, you'll be surprised with the kind of control Photoshop can give you for this process. Take the image below for example. Though the background is not particularly disturbing, the bright colors and the long focus distance makes the overall image look a bit flat. Using a bit of Gaussian blur, we can shift the focus directly to the man in the picture. Here's how.
Open the image in Adobe Photoshop (We used Photoshop CS2 for this tutorial). and select the Polygonal Lasso tool from the side toolbar.
Select the background area of the image (in our case the right side). If you make a mistake while selecting, you can always backtrack using the Backspace key. To add more area to the selection simply hold down the Shift key and continue clicking.
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